Obituaries
They were like bright stars on a summer morning, and then they were gone...
FRIENDS OF MALAYSIA (FoM) - The Association of Malaysia Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
They were like bright stars on a summer morning, and then they were gone...
Please send the name and date of death of any deceased Malaysia RPCV to charleshirschman@friendsofmalaysia.net If a published obituary is not available, friends and family are encouraged to write a remembrance which will be posted here.
PCVs who died while serving as Volunteer in Malaysia
John Beckner 1968
Susan Losikoff 1969
Daniel Jandorf 1970
Stephen Hamer 1975
Charles Pinney 1976
Michael Quaid (staff, RPCV/India) 1983
Gary Adams
William M Albright 2/26/2026
Ruth M Allen 6/29/2023
Geraldine "Geri" H Allison 9/24/2024
Jean Ann Anderson Lund 6/18/2011
William `Mick' Anderson 2/5/15
Lavonn "Bonnie" R Anderson Yuvaraj 4/4/2018
Sarah M Arney 6/7/2023
Stephen L Arnade 1/28/2010
Frederick M Arnold 3/3/2018
Laura Jangla Audrey (Jayne Annice Smith) 9/28/2019
Claudia Linda Balcon-Milks 5/15/2018
Richard Baldauf 6/4/2014
Harold Bair 1/13/2006
Michael J. Bangs 3/9/2021
Mary Alice Barlow Ellis 8/19/2022
Stella "Kay" A Barnhill 8/29/1987
Sara E Bates Deeb 9/9/2022
John-Michael Battaglia 6/4/2016
Karen M Baumann Sanderson Buschow 1/5/2015
Eleanor R. Beck 8/31/2019
John Beckner
Barbara A Bent Harlock 1/6/1999
Faith Berglund 8/8/2013
Richard W. Beebe 6/18/2007
Mary L. Beeson 9/27/2015
David Behm 12/30/2006
John Beckner 11/23/1968
Thomas E Belina 7/20/1996
Marilyn A Billimek 2/24/2025
David S. Belskis 8/1993
Duane Allen Benson 11/21/2022 Worldview from In Memoriam
Mary A. Bergan 11/30/2023
Charles A Best 9/29/2027
Darlene E Boatner Lim 12/23/2024
Nicki A Bibbo 1/19/2023
Robert Bonnin 4/25/2006
Joyce A Borne 1/14/2022
Robert S Bosch
J. Victor Bottini 2/11/2024
David M Boyce 11/20/2021
Karen Bowlsby Grayson 4/20/2003 (also see FoM Website)
Stephen R. Brandt
Patricia 'Pat" Brett Pollock 2024
Albert W Briggs 10/9/2021 (another link)
James M Brock 3/28/2008
Paula R Brockway Mackay Williams 2/28/2011
Kathy Brown Peterson
Helen T. Brown 1992
Joseph E Brown 2/27/2012
Mary J Brown Laufenberg 6/15/2024
Charlene Joan Brozovich 6/19/2019
Richard W Brudevold 12/9/2024
Terrance M Brungardt 11/10/2025
Ray W Bryson 1/21/2017
Janice G Buck 12/24/2022
Barbara J Burkholder Goux 6/21/2025
Jeanne Burmester Butler 6/19/2024
Janice B Jaeger Burns 9/22/2019
Edward "Ted" S. Burris 12/2/2024
Lewis "Lew" Butler (PC Malaysia Director 1962-65) 5/24/2024
Kirk Osmond Bunnell 1/20/2014
Kathleen M Burns Hendrix 6/22/2023
James A Busch 10/15/2015
Dorothy Ann Campbell
Frank J. Casella
Norma F. Casella
Jean L Cancrow Custer 10/5/2019
Pauline M Carmody 3/30/1995
James Scott Carpenter 3/19/2005
Florence H Carroll 4/16/2004
Frederick C Carroll 3/31/2005
Jeanette M Carroll
Louise Elizabeth Pendleton Carter 9/3/2003
Michael J Caruso 7/13/2026
Dennis R Casselberry 5/20/2005
Duncan J Catling 2/18/2005
Edith J Cesari 10/1968
Bruce R Chelikowsky 11/10/2020
Alfred Chin 3/18/2005
James Chopyak 10/28/2016
Jonathan D. Cika
Sarah M Cimino 12/24/2017
Roy W Cinowalt 7/28/2022
Elizabeth C Cole
George A. Cole 11/14/2014
Elizabeth C. Cole 4/24/1994
George A. Cole 11/14/2014
Paul Colter 2/16/2019
Jacqueline C. Colgan
Thomas Hugh Colgan 11/13/1999
Gordon D. Connell 11/21/2011
Katherine "Kay" A Connerty 8/23/2013
Mary B Connolly 10/31/2022
Clifford J. Cook 2/13/2017
Michael L Cook 9/21/2013
Charlotte Cooper
George T Cooper 3/2/2005
Robert E Corbin 3/10/2005
John R Cox
Calvin G Crenshaw 10/31/2026
Robert J Cricenti 9/27/2020 (Remembrance by Doug Rae)
Doreen Volz Dalman 81/2020
Thomas D Dalton 6/12/2018
David D Darcy 1/1/2005
Philip N Dare 1/6/2026
Jonathan Darrah 11/18/2024 (also see: jon darrah)
Jeanne A Darrigrand Gibson 4/23/2023
Donald Davidson 1/25//2026 (Deputy Director Sabah)
Nicki Davis Bibbo 1/29/2023
Bauduin de Marcken 4/12/2015
Elena G Decker Wendland 11/25/2019
Jane A Decourcy Wong 6/29/2026
Richard Dehmel
Joel T. Delessio 12/31/2012
Robert F Dendy 4/14/2018
Howard F Derrickson
Vincent Desimone 1/3/2016
Robert "Skip" J Dew
John M Dickinson 6/4/2012
Erin Dieffenderfer 6/26/2024
Caroline Dinegar 12/12/2008
William J Dion 5/22/2020
Lucian W Dixon 7/9/2021
Charles Patrick Donegan 10/21/2006
Judith E. Doerr 6/17/2024
Nikki Drossel 12/17/13
Agnes C Duerr 11/25/2002
Lawrence M Duffy 4/15/2005
Vera H Duffy
Lowell D Duval 6/26/2022
Evelyn M Dwyer Jacoby 1/8/2026
Edith J Dzamba 9/30/1989
Frank G Dzamba 6/1/1992
Kathleen S Eaton
Ernest G Eichler 12/17/13
Arthur W. Eith 11/5/2014
Henry C Elling 4/27/2019
Marlene Ellis Payne 5/10/2016
Gilda D Emery Samuels 7/31/2013
Keith R Emrich 7/11/2023
Michael E Emrick 3/18/2018
Kenneth Hans Engellant 1/23/2026
John W. English 1/3/2024
Howard Larry Engstrom 6/13/2014
Nathan Lee Nate Eppley 4/2/2008
Ronald W Erickson 8/29/2020
Jeffrey A Ersoff 4/16/2013
Mary Camille Erwin 11/30/2020
Anthony S. Faiia
Marcella A Fallon Jenkins 8/30/2021
Rayne Farquhar Darcy 10/12/1977
Nancy J Farver 3/1/2005
Shirley A Faulkner
Daphne G Fautin 3/12/2021
Darlene A Fellows 6/13/2014
Robert E. Fleury 8/3/2020
Eric J Foell 4/6/2017
Roxanne M Foley Pavageau 9/301993
Atis Folkmanis 9/19/2022
Judith S Folkmanis 1/9/2016
Eleanor G Ford
Rose J Forney 2018
Stanley Foster
James F Fournier 10/5/1993
Robert H Frary 9/15/2015
William H. Frederickson 7/23/2023
Barbara A. French 5/20/2019
Richard 'Kinky' Friedman 6/27/2024
Myron N Fry 1/7/2012
Bess M Gamble
Richard E Garbacz 10/16/2018
Paul L Gardner
Bertie M Garrett 7/11/2011
Joanne M Garrett 7/3/2021
Louise Gengenbach Heisler 1/29/2026
George D Gibeau 7/11/2009
Raymond Gieri 2/1/2017
Bonnie L Gjevere Green 7/13/2011
Richard "Dick" Gill 11/26/2023
Colleen M Gillmouthe 5/28/2010
John W Girdley 1/0/1900
Daniel J "Jay" Glenney 8/16/2019
Joseph Glucksman 12/24/2001
Joe C Gosa 2/26/2022
James W. Gould (PC Malaysia Director, 1964-66) 3/13/2021
Richard P Grant 10/15/2005
David A Graves
Dorothea D Greene 7/10/2002
Beatrice "Bea" B Griffith 1991
Robert R Griffith 1/20/2017
David S. Griffiths11/2/1/2025
Seymour "Sy" Greben (PC Malaysia Director 1966-68) 2/26/1997
Richard A Grovitt 12/24/1983
Gerald J Grygo 11/18/2023
David C Goux 2021
Barbara Mariel Guss Cohen 6/8/2023 (in Wellesley Magazine, search (Ctrl F) for Guss)
William J Gustus 9/19/2022
Della M. Hamby 9/12/2016
Richard W. Hamby 2/15/2008
Stephen Hamer
Joseph Hamlin 2/22/2025
Frank S. Harrington 3/27/2017
Colin C Harris 7/17/2003
Marjorie Ruth Harrison 12/11/2025
Stephan Hamer 10/23/1975
Julia Haskins Wheeler 8/26/2004
Dennis M Hattem 1/20/2020
Norman L Haug 5/8/2007
Paul A Havir 5/26/2001
Mary R Hayden 11/1/2002
Thomas G. Hays 6/10/2011
Douglas Roy Hearn 8/4/2026
Charles O Hemmila
Nancy L Herbst Warne 5/2/2019
Donald L Hey 7/24/2022
Judith A Hoagland Plum 10/17/2021
Joanne E Hoyt 8/13/2013
Lois T Henderson 3/1/2005
Carroll Hibbard 10/9/2011
Robert R Highfill 4/22/2020
William Alan Hodson 6/22/2021
Joyce Hofman McHugh 12/2/2019
Joseph W. Hollis 11/7/2023 Facebook Joe Hollis' Mountain Gardens
Jane F Hogan 6/8/2020
Darrell A Hollonbeck
John Oliver Hooper 1/30/2019
Donna L Hornung 2/1/2023
Albert L Horley 1/14/2018
Llewellyn Howell 10/21/2021
Raymond Huegel 4/14/2012
Isabel B Huff July 1969
Jim R Hulbert 12/8/2020
Joan E Hubert Sells 1/1/2021
Daniel James Hurley 8/14/2006
John G. Hurley 9/8/2024
Emily A Isom Foster 4/19/2015
Mary A Ianziti 6/12/2020
Harold T Iwashita 2/18/2005
Joseph Jackson 3/29/2002
Richard M Jali 10/7/2017
Richard D Jameson 7/21/2006
Daniel S. Jandorf 6/7/1970
Aleta S Japs 10/17/2016
Bernard C. Japs 6/10/2014
Robert C. Jared
Dwayne L Jeffries 4/20/2018
Carol R Jenkins
Alfred E Johnson 3/2009
Hildur M. Johnson
Hubert E Jones 11/3/2009
James Jordan 12/29/2011
Benita M Jorkasky 8/9/2018
Charles M Judd 11/19/2012
Patricia A Kaine
Gregory C. Kamm 6/3/2008
Leonard F Kamp 2/5/2017
Warner W Karshner 7/18/2008
Peter J. Katzmaier 4/19/2012
Margaret A Keeney 3/18/2025
Kent H Keeth 12/29/2017
William A Kelley 3/10/2020
Arthur B Keppel 8/30/2026
Valerie Claire King 11/2/2017
Hugh W. Kintzley 10/10/2003
John T Kizer 4/15/2019
Fritz L Klattenhoff 8/31/2000
Roger A Klein 1/14/2014
Nancy I Kleppe 2/19/2021
Dennis C Kmiec 7/23/2024
Nancy Koo 5/18/2021
Ladislaus Thaddeus (Ted) Kosnik 9/5/2022
Mary Kovacs 12/30/2009
Michael E Kress 8/312010
Gene H Krupa 2/26/2024
Anne M Kudalis Carson 11/14/2021
Barbara A Kukura 5/15/2020
Marianna B Kyle 7/18/1994
Vincent R Ladue 6/2014
Alice M Lage 3/6/1996
Charles Clyde Laird 3/24/2015
Elsie H. Lampi
Charles "Chip" P Land 10/12/2004
William M Langley 5/13/2017
Raymond J Latchaw 1987
Robert G Leonard 6/15/1999
Marianne C Lauman Smith 5/6/2023
Robert A Lauterbach 6/10/2023
Mary A "Toni" Lawrie 12/15/2010
Olga Leary 1/2/1975
John W Lee
Ingrid J. Lemaire 6/22/2022
Robert G Leonard 6/15/1999
Marcia H Levy Rosenstein 6/21/2020
David A Libby 2/3/2017
Jane R. Lieberman 2021
Marqis Eugene Lillie 6/21/1993
Marguerite K Kalbach Lillie 1/28/2015
Jane Lilly Walton Rowe 7/2026
Tony Lin 12/8/2006
Kevin F Lind 11/25/2020
Sally L Lindover 10/16/2018 (PCV in Rwanda and Malaysia)
Gordon Lindquist 3/31/2026
Patricia E Lockwood 3/4/2005
Andrew Losikoff 10/5/2001
Susan Losikoff 11/2/1969
Gordon K Lowry 8/17/2021
Edith K Lynn
Emily Madsen 5/28/1990
Donald D Marklowitz 5/14/2013
Bruce Macbain 9/27/2019
Olive J Mangini 1/6/2007
Guy Mannheimer 5/12/1989
Franz Weston Martin 12/20/2015
David Roy Masters
Horace F Mathis 1/5/2024
Marjorie D May 9/3/2004
Dennis P McBreen 5/30/2019
Brian McCarthy 5/24/2024
David J McCarthy
Brian N McLaughlin 7/22/2023
John W McConnochie 11/21/2023
Robert C McClymonds Jr. 1/7/1997
Lewis A McDavid 8/24/2019
Elizabeth Ross McGonigal 3/4/2022
Carolyn J McHenry Paramsothy Herer 10/10/2008
Adelaide W McKinney
Lawrence McLaud 2/28/2019
Nathalie T Means 1999
Paul B Means 1980
Michael C Mercil 5/2022
Howard Gary Metzger 4/13/2001
Jeraldine Michaels Anandan
John Norman Miksic 10/25/2025 another obituary by family
Ronald Keith Miller 2020
Olive Rothalea "Rothi" Miller 4/2/1986
Virginia "Ginny" Millett 8/25/2020
Henry A Mitchell 12/22/2018
Bonnie E Moen 6/2006
Donald R Moffitt 5/10/2006
Ernestine "Ernie" W Moffitt 8/14/2006
Alison Fry Montgomery 10/24/2021
Otis G Montgomery 1/8/2021
Helen Coady Montgomery 1970
Florence H. Moon Enau 6/1/2023
Nadine Katerine Moore Salley 5/10/1972
Barry S Morris 8/1/2016
Thomas C. Morse 10/17/1985
Sina M Mott 5/10/1972
Kathryn F Moyes 5/27/2012
John S Murchison 7/8/2024
John H. Murray 10/9/2017
Kathleen A Murray Rasmussen 5/10/2014
Kathleen M Murray Devanna 12/6/2020
Raul Nazario 1/18/2008
James W "Bill" Neder 6/18/2018
Gary L Nelson
Allan Richard Nilsson 5/28/2005
Anne E Northman Brighton 4/22/2010
Barbara C Nottingham 2/15/2008
Catherine M O'Brien Haskell 12/11/2018
Terrence G O'Hara 3/31/2009
Katherine B Ohl Whitley 2/15/2015
Richard "Mike" O'Rourke 1/22/2018
Kathleen "Kay" Pacillo Beebout 6/17/1993
Marcia Page 1/13/2018
Judith Ann Paglusch Juieng 5/14/2025
Elliott S Parker 9/27/2024
Norman Parmer (PC Director 1961-62) 1/26/2016
Elizabeth Partolan-Fray 8/3/2016
Barbara A Pastva Vanhatten 3/11/2021
Thomas J Patka 4/2/2026
Howard W Pearsall
Ruth W. Pearsall 4/1/2010
Paul Peach
Montross "Ross" Pelton 11/29/2006
Judy Perry Feimer 1/1/2020
Joan C Petraglia Poepoe 12/12/2020
Dorothy M. Peoples 7/3/2017
Brian R. Percival 1/19/2025
Jeanne C Peterson Whitehouse 11/1/2024
George E Peverly 9/9/2020
Robert J Pfeiffer 6/24/2021
Patricia Pfeiffer 1/20/2026
Charles H Pinney 5/1976
Arthur L Porter 3/25/2017
Andy E Powers 5/4/2012
Larry S Powers 5/16/2025
Pat V Powers
Patricia K. Powell 8/18/2015
Lucie Priscilla Prescott 11/1/2003
Guy U Priest 1/3/2020
Prudence Puff Zimmerman Dana 11/19/2024
Fred Putnam 1/19/2023
Oscar E. Quistberg 12/18/2019
Peter H. Ragan 2/6/2012
Ruth Reece Jeffries 6/7/2017
Gerald J Reed 5/28/2006
Wayne F Reichert 8/4/2015
John Keith Reynolds 7/24/2006
Betsy C Rezelman 1/27/2000
John R Rezelman 12/9/1997
Donald B Richmond 11/19/2007
Thomas H Ries 1978
Elaine A Riley
Jack E. Rite 2008
Lucila C Rivera 8/2005
Charles J Roarty 12/27/2003
Victor A Robinette 11/26/2020
Theodore "Ted" C. Robinson
Mitchel H Rohse 11/29/2024
Joan M Rominski Paparigian 12/10/2020
Roy "Dave Roseborough 12/1/2020
James D Rosemary 4/1/2016
Aaron L Rosenstreich 5/11/1969
Robert John Rosenwald 2/21/1968
Gail M Rothwell Woodall 9/24/2025
Richard M. Rowell
Alyn Rovin 1/4/2024
Nancy Niemeyer Rovin 9/20/2019
Byron F Rozier 12/3/2021
Gale Ruff 8/5/2017
Jon J. Runge 1/21/2024
Allan A. Saari
Marna Saba Knue 2/24/2013
Michael P Saba 7/28/2026
Bruce W. Sanderson 1986
Eleanor M Saunders 10/19/2008
Richard E Schatz 5/3/2024 also see here
Hams J Scheide
Ingrid J. Schindler Lemaire 6/22/2022
Marianne Schlochauer 8/18/2011
John D. Schnebly 8/15/2014
Robert Schul 6/16/2024
Richard M Schweninger 1/15/2010
Kenneth W Scott 2/3/2025
Joan D Seeler
Carol A Semeniuk Ewonaitis 12/29/2024
James M Seymour 10/6/2014
Charles B. Shafer 2/25/2022
John J Shay 6/24/2021
Judy Shedd 6/13/2020
Marie E Shepardson 7/1/2003
Frank B Sherman 11/17/2009
Joseph E Shiflett 11/3/1998
Donald R Shuster
Margarete V Silberberg 8/28/1999
Robert A Sime 3/27/2023
Richard G Sisti 11/1/2023
John H Slaugh 3/1996
Glenn T Smith 11/29/2021
Sheila Smith 12/31/2008
Carol Smith Wheelock 8/10/208
Barry G Sprague 4/16/2026
Josephine Emily Spencer 1/22/2011
Marcia Spock Page 1/13/2018
Rona Sokolsky Ross 6/28/2017
Madeline J Stabile
John E Stackhouse 2/28/2020
David E. Starker 8/20/2011
Paul E Stanger 10/28/2021
Hazel F Balch Steel 10/10/2006
William A Stengle 5/15/2022
Vernon "Bruce" Stenswick 7/20/2022
David Sterling 3/16/2001
Ferne Shepard Dreyer Strauss 11/26/2019
Robert R. Stempel 9/2/2002
David K. Sterling 3/16/2019
James M Stevenson 12/5/1989
Lorraine J. Stewart 4/9/1996
David B Stimpson 1/29/2023
Sadie J Stout 3/17/2021
Judith V Strauch 1985
Pamela N Strumillo Senne 3/16/2016
John W Stupka 7/18/2021
Robert J Sukle 1/8/2026
Sally A. Sullenger O'Sullivan 8/2013
Barbara J Sullivan 8/22/2018
James M Sutherland 11/29/1943
William G Sweeters 8/12/2025
Frank Swetz 6/6/2023
Edward P Teter
Joan B Thieding 8/1974
David B Thomas 1980
Ralph E. Throm 12/30/2014
Ronald L Tilson 11/16/2013
Edward "Chip" F. Tilton 4/16/2012
John W Timblin 3/27/2009
Harvey Toub 8/28/2010
Anthony "Tony" C Toth
Nancy C Toth Brearton 5/2/2020
Leland Towle 2/22/2005
Helen Rorabacher Townsend 3/15/1993
Ranson Shankland Towsend 12/1990
Josephine "Jo-Ann" A Wise Travis 4/4/2021
Richard D Travis 8/12/2012
Carl A. Trocki 5/30/2024 (also see here)
Winifred T Turner 2/14/2005
Richard W (Truckey) Trottier
Mildred A Uranus 7/13/2026
Robert Vandenakker 4/27/2004
Sowchan Vandenakker 1/22/2021
Ethan G Van Eck 7/26/2022
Warren F. Vogt 3/16/2026
Doreen J. Volz Dalman 8/1/2020
Nancy E Vosika 6/4/2007
Harold Edgar Wadley 1/11/2026
Joseph "Jay" W Wagner 1/9/2017
Ruth C Waldenmaier 1991
Paul D. Walley 12/3/2023
Paul T Walters 3/15/2025 (also see 2002 PeaceCorpsOnline article)
Jane Walton Rowe 8/1/2026
Willa P Walsh Dambro
Diane E Ward 12/31/2003
Gene R. Ward 4/4/2025
Marvin Weaver 3/18/2023
Dudley Weeks 08/14/2022
William “Bill” Weinhold (see p.78) 7/8/2023 (also see here, scroll down to March 2024)
James B Weir
Allee J West 4/11/2011
John H Westnedge 7/11/2026
Julia Haskins Wheeler 8/26/2004
Carol S Wheelock 8/10/2018
Kay L. White 7/12/2012
Helen Winter 9/29/2021
William T Winter 6/30/2019
Helen F Withers
David B Wolf 4/9/2021
Larry S Wolfe 4/21/2024
Dan Wood 9/19/2021
Donald R. Woodward 7/21/2005
John Richard Woodward 4/11/2010
Carmen K Younger 12/5/1986
Warren M Zimmerman 2/23/2023
Hedwig Zorb 8/1976